FedEx to Launch a Service
For Small Stores to Go Online

By

Rick Brooks Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated June 12, 2000 2:09 p.m. ET

FedEx Corp., in a move aimed at strengthening its ties to small and medium-size businesses, plans to launch a service this summer that lets companies build an online store through the express-delivery giant.

The move thrusts the Memphis, Tenn., delivery concern into the fray with a growing number of companies scrambling to capture the mushrooming flow of electronic orders from businesses eager to establish a virtual storefront. FedEx's rivals will range from the zShops section of Amazon.com Inc.'s heavily trafficked Web...